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No. 7|0,93|. Patented Oct. 7, I902.

W. H. MECUM, Decd.

M. L. MEGOM. Adminisiratol COTTON PRESS.

(Application filed Jan. 4, 1902.)

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No. 710,931. Patented Oct. 7, I902. W. H. MEQOM, Decd.

M. L. MEGOM, Administrator.

COTTON PRESS.

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ISTRATOR OF SAID \VILLIAM HARDY MECOM, DECEASED.

COTTON-PRESS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,931,dated October '7, 1902. Application filed January 4, 1902. Serial No-8S,391. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HARDY ME- COM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Columbia, in the parish of Caldwell and Stateof Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inCotton-Presses, of which the following is afull, clear,and exactdescription.

My invention relates to cotton-presses; and

its object is to provide a cotton-press having an improved bale-boxrevolubly supported on a framein an improved manner and improvedreversing means for driving the bale-box follower alternately inopposite directions.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar reference-numerals denotecorresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of my improved pressand reversing attachment. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectionthereof. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the reversing attachment, andFig. L is a section on the line T4 of Fig. 2.

1 represents the bale-box, which carries at its lower end a bevel-gear 2and a stub-shaft 3, which is mounted in a step-bearing 4 in the mainframe of the press. The upper end of the bale-box is held in position bythe screw 50 5, which operates the follower 6 and which passes freelythrough the bar 7, bridging the top of the bale-box. The bale-box isthus seen to be capable of being easily rotated by means of the drivenshaft 10, carrying a bevel-gear 11, which meshes with the bevelgear 2.The follower'6 is provided at each end with a guide which runs in a slot8 at each end of the bale box. The screw 5, which is fixed to thefollower, passes through a nut 9 on the main frame, which is threaded toreceive the screw.

When the bale-box is rotated in one direction, the follower descends,thereby compressing the cotton in the bale-box, and when the directionof rotation of the bale-box is reversed the follower ascends until itabuts against the bar 7, whereupon as it continues to ascend it raisesthe bale-box until the bevelgear 2 is raised out of engagement with thegear 11, whereupon the motion of the bale-box and follower isautomatically stopped, thereby guarding against any damage arising fromthe carelessness or neglect of the operator to stop or disconnect thedriving mechanism. Conveniently hinged at 13 13 on each side of thebale-box are horizontal bars 12 12, which are provided with a series offingers or hooks 14 for the purpose of holding the cotton down in thebox when partly filled and until enough cotton is put into the box tomake the bale. The fingers 11 pass through slots 15 in the hinged sides16 of the bale-box.

The mechanism by which the bale-box may be rotated at will in eitherdirection will now be described. 17 is a line-shaft or other source ofpower. Mounted upon one end of this shaft is a sliding sleeve or clutchmember 18, provided with a slot 19, which engages a pin 20 on the shaft17. One end of the sleeve is provided with a notch for engaging a pin 21on either end of the reversible shaft 22,whereby the shafts 17 and 22may be readily coupled and uncoupled. The shaft 2 is journaled in arotatable bearing, herein shown as a yoke 23, and carries a pulley 28,which rotates with the shaft and drives the shaft 10 by means ofabelt29, passing through a ring-pulley 25 and over a pulley 30 on theshaft 10. The yoke 23 is provided with a stub-shaft 21, which isjournaled in the upright standard 35 of the supporting-frame. Rigid withthe yoke 23 is the ring or hollow pulley 25, above mentioned, andpassing over said pulley and a pulley or hand-wheel 26 is a belt 27. Thehand-wheel 26 is rotatably mounted on a standard 31,rising from the mainframe. The yoke 23 is provided with a pin or stop 32, which abutsagainst stops 33 and s1, fixed to the upright standard 35, and preventsthe yoke from making more than half a revolution.

The operation of the reversing attachment is as follows: When it isdesired to drive the bale-box and follower in that direction which 9 5will cause the follower to move downward, thereby compressing thecotton, the shaft 17 is coupled to the shaft 22, preferably in theposition shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the belt 29 running straight anduncrossed. When it is de- I00 sired to cause the follower to moveupward,the shaft 22 is uncoupled from the shaft 17 and the yoke 23 isgiven ahalf-turn to the left by means of the hand-wheel 26, the belt 27,and pulley 25, thus bringing the far end of the shaft 22 adjacent to theshaft 17, to which it may then be coupled. The belt 29 is now a crossedbelt, and the direction of rotation of the driven parts is of coursereversed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-boxrevolubly mounted thereon, means for driving said bale-box, and meansoperated by said bale-box for disconnecting said driving means.

2. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mountedthereon and provided with a gear-wheel, a driving-gear meshingtherewith, and meansoperated by the rotation of the bale-box for raisingsaid baleboX, thereby disconnecting said gear-wheels.

3. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mountedthereon and provided with a gear-wheel, a driving-gear meshingtherewith, and means operated by said bale-box for raising said balebox,thereby disconnecting said gear-wheels.

4. In a cotton-press, a bale-box having side walls provided withapertures, and horizontal bars hinged to said walls and provided attheir inner edges with a series of lingers ex tending through saidapertures.

5. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mountedthereon, a follower guided in said bale-box and provided with a screw,threaded in said supportingframe, and means for driving said bale-box tomove the screw-rod and follower, the said follower on its upwardmovement engaging the bale-box to raise the same to disconnect thedriving means.

6. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a

bale-box mounted to turn in said frame and provided at its lower endwith a gear-Wheel, a driving-gear meshing therewith, a follower guidedin said bale-box, a screw fixed to said follower and passing through athreaded nut in the supporting-frame, and a bar bridging the top of thebale-box and through which the screw passes, the said bar being adaptedto be engaged by the follower on its upward movement, whereby thebale-box is raised and the gear-wheels disconnected.

7. In a cotton-press, a bale-box mounted to rotate, a follower thereinand actuated by the rotary movement of the bale-box, and means fordriving the bale-box in reverse directions to reverse the movement ofthe follower, the said follower when moved in one directiondisconnecting the driving means.

8. A cotton-press, comprising a bale-box mounted to rotate and alsohaving vertical movement, the said bale-box being provided with agear-wheel, a driving-gear meshing therewith, a follower in saidbale-box and actuated by the rotary movement of the baleboX, thefollower when moved in one direction being adapted to raise the bale-boxto disconnect the gear-wheels, and means for reversing the direction ofmovement of the driving-gear.

9. In a cotton-press, a supporting-frame, a bale-box revolubly mountedthereon, means for driving said bale-box in reverse directions, andmeans operated by the bale-box when moved in one direction fordisconnecting said driving means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM HARDY MEOOM.

Witnesses:

A. B. HUNDLEY, R. R. REDDITT.

